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What is a Cossacks?
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Free men recruited by Ivan to conquer and settle new acquisitions.
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Ivan III military
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What is a Czar?
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A Russianized form of Ceasar.
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What is Third Rome?
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When Ivan the Great rules Russia and claims his rule from God.
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What is Ivan's reign of terror?
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Newly privileged class into a private army.
Whos members dressed in black and wore insignia displaying a dogs head and broom. Symbolic of their determination to hunt down treason and sweep it out of Russia. |
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What is Oprichniki?
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Ivans new privileged class of aristocracy.
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Who is Avvakum?
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A Russian orthodox reformer.
Exiled to Siberia. Executed in 1681 |
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Whis is Ivan the Great or III
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- Reigned from 1462 to 1505
- Declared Russian independence from mongol rule in 1480. |
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Who is Ivan the IV?
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- Reigned from 1533 to 1584.
- Ivan III's grandson - Called Ivan the Terrible - Violent ruler - Reshaped Russian government |
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What is a Chosen Council?
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Advisors chosen for merit.
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What are Assemblies of the Land?
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Regional representatives.
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Who is Peter the First?
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- Reigned 1682-1725
- Known as Peter the Great - Interested in technology found in foreign regions - During his rule Russian industry incorporated the most advance technologies and science. |
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Where and what is St Petersburg?
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- Called the Window of the West
- New capital on the Baltic Sea - Built by Peter the Great in 1703 - Headquarters for Russian navy - Administrative center for goverment |
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Who is Catherine the Second?
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- Reigned 1762 - 1795
- Married Peter the Great's grandson - Continued Peter's policy of westernization |
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What is Poland - Lithuania
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- A dual republican state
- Has both king and parliament - Roman catholic religon - Slavic orthodox missionaries in Belarus and Ukraine |
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What is law code of 1649?
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It places serfs under strict control of landlords.
Serfs were not slaves but could be sold as private property Serfs had fixed occupational classes |
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What is Patriarch Nicon of Moscow?
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Standardized orthodox rules
Promoted relgious instructions in Greek and Latin. |
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